HEY BOSTON FANS, QUIT CRYING AND MOVE ON

 Boston is the greatest sports city in the country, bar none. They have teams steeped  in traditionand over the past decade, the Red Sox, Celtics, Patriots, and Bruins have combined to winseven world championships. The city is electric and the fans are fiercely loyal, passionate, anddedicated.But they are like Bobby Valentine in one way. Somewhere along the way, somebody tagged them as really intelligent, and then all of a sudden,...

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MAYOR MENINO, WE'RE GOING TO MISS YA!

  On Thursday afternoon, Thomas Menino announced  he will not seek an unprecedented sixthterm as mayor of Boston. The 70-year old political giant is the only Italian-American to head upthe  city and the first non Irish-American to hold that office since 1930. It's been a great run for aman who has provided enough comedy for the city to last the next 100 years. Menino, known as "mumbles" because he often stammers...

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DOES WINNING TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING?

Nike just did it again. The king of sports apparel and its marketing department has stirred the pot and ruffled some feathers with their latest ad featuring Tiger Woods. After winningat Bay Hill on Monday, Tiger reclaimed the top spot in the world rankings, the first time he'dbeen number one since 2010. Almost as soon as Tiger tapped in on 18 for the 77th win of hiscareer, Nike rolled out an ad with a crouching Tiger trying to read the line of his...

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IS IT OK TO LOVE TIGER WOODS AGAIN?

On Monday, Tiger Woods won his third tournament of the season, eighth at Bay Hill, andthe 77th of his career. As soon as he tapped in on 18 for his two-shot victory, just about everybody said, "Tiger's Back!" as if he really went anywhere. After all, Tiger has won six times in his last 18 starts which is close to mind-boggling, considering some players never win that many times in their entire careers.With his victory, Tiger also reclaimed the number...

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FGCU: AMERICA'S TEAM

In a college sports world that has turned into one giant cess pool, FGCU is a great cleanser.In just three days, this basketball team in southwest Florida has managed to rinse away theslime and grime left over from the Sandusky, Fine, and Te'o scandals. Playing with unbridled joy and enthusiasm, FGCU has been a breath of fresh air in a sportthat has long been dirty with illegal recruiting practices, agents, and power-hungry...

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HARVARD BASKETBALL: CINDERELLA HAS ARRIVED

The first day of March Madness had been like a bottle of Coca-Cola that went without itscap for a weekend: completely flat. There were no dramatic buzzer beaters or real bracket-busting upsets. Oh, sure, there was Oregon and California, a pair of number 12 seeds knockingoff number five seeds, but that seems to happen every year and has become no big deal.However, that all changed around midnight, when Cinderella, wearing crimson to the big dance,announced their...

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A PICTURE WORTH MORE THAN 1,000 WORDS

Finding a $20 bill in a pair of jeans you haven't worn in two months is pretty cool, receivinga picture from a memorable night in New Orleans that happened more than 20 years ago isflat-out awesome. It's like unwrapping a Christmas gift that you stare at forever in bothastonishment and amazement, the ear-to-ear grin a dead giveaway to others that you had just gone back to a special time in your life.Three years ago at the baseball...

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I AM TIGER WOODS

I am Tiger Woods. Nike paid me millions of dollars to say that in one of my commercials,so when I took all those pictures with my new love, Lindsey Vonn, I made sure the big swoosh was included. Nike stuck with me after all my other sponsors bolted after that little scandal I had. Nike, Tiger, and Lindsey. What a threesome!I am Tiger Woods and I know what you're thinking after I said 'threesome'. Stop it. Just stop it.I am Tiger Woods and the he...

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'SURVIVE AND ADVANCE': A LESSON FOR ALL OF US

If every college coach whose team is in the NCAA tournament doesn't use ESPN's "Surviveand Advance" as a motivational tool for their players, they should. They most definitely should.Besides being one of the most well-produced programs in the land of a million stupid reality shows, the story of North Carolina State's journey to the 1983 national championship was simply incredible.The documentary was more about life than it was about basketball,...

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ME AND TEDDY BALLGAME

March 15, 1988. 25 years ago, I experienced one of the most incredible days of my life. It was like a wedding or the birth of a child for most people, where everything isso vivid, so easy to recall, and filled with moments that stay with you forever.I was in my first full week of spring training with the Boston Red Sox organization inWinter Haven, Florida. I was that kid in the candy store, the one with the huge smile on myface and...

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